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in other parts of europe, it is over $.80 per kilowatt. we have cheaper energy, have cheaper cost of energy for manufacturing, and then the last thing, why i am very constructive on the united states and where we spend a great deal of time is our educational system, which unfortunately a lot of people malign that today. this will be discussed later, but we actually have more students overseas than any other country in our educational system. what you come here? it is not just the quality of education, but the type of education. some of the disadvantages of education globally, so many people are taught rote or talk fax. this may work very well or testing scores, and i'm not trying to diminish that at all. but i do believe that the advantage of the american style of learning, which should get more credit, is the ability to be thoughtful and critical thinking. as an employer who hired 1100 employees this year, i will tell you over 80% of our employees come from u.s. universities. we will continue to have that position. as an employer who has
in other parts of europe, it is over $.80 per kilowatt. we have cheaper energy, have cheaper cost of energy for manufacturing, and then the last thing, why i am very constructive on the united states and where we spend a great deal of time is our educational system, which unfortunately a lot of people malign that today. this will be discussed later, but we actually have more students overseas than any other country in our educational system. what you come here? it is not just the quality of...
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europe, there in see ike.le flying to -- he doesn't say what because ofl not do his position and one of the stories mamie tells his they are before sending process packages and the open this one and they're all of these and pins.ies while ike is in the library, mamie gets this box of paraphernalia. he took one look and his face went red. then he burst out laughing. the nato appointed to position. eisenhower was thought to be a democrat. what was the tension between the trumans and the eisenhowers? >> i don't know much about that. >> obviously, there has been a great deal said and written about how badly truman and eisenhower came to dislike each other and how cold they were. and, mamie and mrs. truman were good friends. they went to spanish classes. there is a photograph of bess showing mamie around the white house and they look like two girlfriends. giggling in a corner. irregardless of what somebody's political affiliation is, she could get along with them. that was the case. if their husbands were having problems, that did not affect them. >> once the decision was made, how wholeh
europe, there in see ike.le flying to -- he doesn't say what because ofl not do his position and one of the stories mamie tells his they are before sending process packages and the open this one and they're all of these and pins.ies while ike is in the library, mamie gets this box of paraphernalia. he took one look and his face went red. then he burst out laughing. the nato appointed to position. eisenhower was thought to be a democrat. what was the tension between the trumans and the...
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she wanted it to be in europe. for foreign leaders to come to the white house and look like a hotel. threadbare and full of reproductions. it cast a bad light on the united states. if you liked the way the white house looks nowadays, we should thank jackie kennedy. >> we've been telling people all along that our partners are the folks for the white house historical association. we should say that. but it was created in this time. what was the story of the creation? what did it do then? >> it helped her to restore the white house and acquire artifacts. she was worried that when she was no longer first lady, the next first lady may not be so interested in history and may have a sister-in-law that ran a curio shop somewhere who decided they would redecorate in perhaps the style of the late 1940s or something that was more contemporary. so she thought if there was an historical association, that would be one bullwart to prevent future first ladies from turning it backwards back to before the period in which it -- which
she wanted it to be in europe. for foreign leaders to come to the white house and look like a hotel. threadbare and full of reproductions. it cast a bad light on the united states. if you liked the way the white house looks nowadays, we should thank jackie kennedy. >> we've been telling people all along that our partners are the folks for the white house historical association. we should say that. but it was created in this time. what was the story of the creation? what did it do then?...
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. >> i go to europe sometimes, only to come back. [laughter] i would not be characterized as a europhile. i like the united states. [applause] i have nothing against the other countries, but i love the united states. i love this place. i cannot get back quick enough. i am not really anxious to leave. and about the cloistered life, i like the cloistered life. i was in the seminary, you know? i enjoy going in. one of my colleagues called me brother clarence. i love that. i love my law clerks. i love the work that i get to do. it is just wonderful. think about it. every day, i go in and have this wonderful opportunity to do this job. i cannot say that is the way i felt at the beginning, but that is the way i am now. i feel blessed every day to have the chance, one more day, to go in and be a part of it. i do not care how hard it is. this is not nearly as hard as being in the field. this is not nearly as hard as thinking beings or stripping fodder or powers. you walk behind a horse in that georgia sun and you do roofing work or sewer wor
. >> i go to europe sometimes, only to come back. [laughter] i would not be characterized as a europhile. i like the united states. [applause] i have nothing against the other countries, but i love the united states. i love this place. i cannot get back quick enough. i am not really anxious to leave. and about the cloistered life, i like the cloistered life. i was in the seminary, you know? i enjoy going in. one of my colleagues called me brother clarence. i love that. i love my law...
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he was our last lecture at europe law school. -- our last lecturer here at the law school. i brought this along so i could read it. this year, in time magazine, she was named one of their 100 most influential people in the world. i want to read to you what they had to say about our speaker today. it starts off with elena kagan, the persuader. people love to talk about the swing vote, but the truth is that only at -- every supreme court justice has only one vote to cast. what makes a justice influential is the ability to persuade others to agree. that depends on the effectiveness of the justice. in that respect, elena kagan has what it takes to be a highly influential supreme court justice. she has demonstrated herself to be an incisive legal thinker, both in her written opinions and her questions for the bench. she is also an excellent communicator with a crisp and direct style that will make her a persuasive -- maker persuasive, not only among her colleagues, but among be court's broader audience. she is an important voice on the court for decades to come. it is our pleasu
he was our last lecture at europe law school. -- our last lecturer here at the law school. i brought this along so i could read it. this year, in time magazine, she was named one of their 100 most influential people in the world. i want to read to you what they had to say about our speaker today. it starts off with elena kagan, the persuader. people love to talk about the swing vote, but the truth is that only at -- every supreme court justice has only one vote to cast. what makes a justice...
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and a sister lee on a summer through europe. as a token of appreciation for gift, they collaborated together on the scrapbook to give to their parents to let what their adventures were. and it's a combination of took.hots that they handwritten descriptions of the different places they visited, people they met. wonderful and whimsical sketches done by jackie. the fall of 1950, jaclyn ouvier entered vogue's very well known writing contest. pari the s. the contest. one was inning essays, a self-portrait, where she 5'7",ibed herself as tall, brown hair, a small face, and apart unfortunately far that it takes three weeks to to a pair of glasses made have a bridge to fit over my nose. her example and her love of and the power of wordsth question three of the essay, who are three people history you wish you knew. in addition to that, the russian ballet. early 1950s, jaclyn hired as the camera girl in "the washington times" herald on display here. she went through the streets of washington interviewing ifferent people and asking questio
and a sister lee on a summer through europe. as a token of appreciation for gift, they collaborated together on the scrapbook to give to their parents to let what their adventures were. and it's a combination of took.hots that they handwritten descriptions of the different places they visited, people they met. wonderful and whimsical sketches done by jackie. the fall of 1950, jaclyn ouvier entered vogue's very well known writing contest. pari the s. the contest. one was inning essays, a...
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she wanted it to be in europe. for foreign leaders to come to the white house and look like a hotel. threadbare and reproduction. it cast a bad light on the united states. if you liked the way the white house looks nowadays, we should thank jackie kennedy. >> we've been telling people all along that our partners are the folks for the white house historical association. we should say that. but it was created in this time. what was the story of the creation? what did it do then? >> it helped her to restore the white house and acquire artifacts. she was worried that when she was no longer first lady, the next first lady may not be so interested in history and may have a sister-in-law that ran a curio shop somewhere who decided they would redecorate in perhaps the style of the late 1940s or something that was more contemporary. so she thought if there was an historical association, that would be one bullwart to prevent future first ladies from turning it backwards back to before the period in which it -- which it becom
she wanted it to be in europe. for foreign leaders to come to the white house and look like a hotel. threadbare and reproduction. it cast a bad light on the united states. if you liked the way the white house looks nowadays, we should thank jackie kennedy. >> we've been telling people all along that our partners are the folks for the white house historical association. we should say that. but it was created in this time. what was the story of the creation? what did it do then? >> it...
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when he is in nato and they are in europe, there are people flying, including jackie cochran, to talk him into running on the republican ticket. and, he does not come out and say what he will will not do, because of his positions and what he is doing it nato. they are in france and he is with nato. it is about christmas time and people are sending christmas packages from the united states. they open this one package and it is from "citizens from eisenhower." there are all these ties and "i like ike" pins. while ike is in the library, mamie gets this box of paraphernalia. he took one look and his face went red. >> eisenhower was thought to be a democrat. what was the tension between the trumans and the eisenhowers? >> i don't know much about that. aboutre you know more that than i do. >> obviously, there has been a great deal said and written about how badly truman and eisenhower came to dislike each other and how cold they were. and, mamie and mrs. truman were good friends. they went to spanish classes. there is a photograph of bess showing mamie around the white house and they look l
when he is in nato and they are in europe, there are people flying, including jackie cochran, to talk him into running on the republican ticket. and, he does not come out and say what he will will not do, because of his positions and what he is doing it nato. they are in france and he is with nato. it is about christmas time and people are sending christmas packages from the united states. they open this one package and it is from "citizens from eisenhower." there are all these ties...
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. >> the war comes and dwight eisenhower was leading the allies in europe. where was mimi -- mamie during the war? >> she lived in washington, d the, in an apartment. she was hoping that there will be times when i was allowed to come back home. he did a couple of times. also there's son john was at -- signnt -- their sign -- son john was at west point. she wanted to be close to see john. later in the war, she went to stay with her sister. >> let's take our first phone call from mark in indianapolis. >> i have a question for your s.s -- guest could any of them tell me what life was like in the philippines for mamie eisenhower? i cannot wait for next week when you guys finally talk about jackie kennedy. >> life in the philippines and life in panama, both were extremely uncomfortable from amy would be eat and humidity. it was somewhat primitive. the philippines where they lived was much more comfortable. they had a very nice apartment. it was air-conditioned. , she haderiod of time a difficult time to adjust to the environment. she did not do well in the he. --
. >> the war comes and dwight eisenhower was leading the allies in europe. where was mimi -- mamie during the war? >> she lived in washington, d the, in an apartment. she was hoping that there will be times when i was allowed to come back home. he did a couple of times. also there's son john was at -- signnt -- their sign -- son john was at west point. she wanted to be close to see john. later in the war, she went to stay with her sister. >> let's take our first phone call...
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he was our last lecture at europe law school. -- our last lecturer here at the law school. i brought this along so i could read it. this year, in time magazine, she was named one of their 100 most influential people in the world. i want to read to you what they had to say about our speaker today. it starts off with elena kagan, the persuader. people love to talk about the swing vote, but the truth is that only at -- every supreme court justice has only one vote to cast. what makes a justice influential is the ability to persuade others to agree. that depends on the effectiveness of the justice. in that respect, elena kagan has what it takes to be a highly influential supreme court justice. she has demonstrated herself to be an incisive legal thinker, both in her written opinions and her questions for the bench. she is also an excellent communicator with a crisp and direct style that will make her a persuasive -- maker persuasive, not only among her colleagues, but among be court's broader audience. she is an important voice on the court for decades to come. it is our pleasu
he was our last lecture at europe law school. -- our last lecturer here at the law school. i brought this along so i could read it. this year, in time magazine, she was named one of their 100 most influential people in the world. i want to read to you what they had to say about our speaker today. it starts off with elena kagan, the persuader. people love to talk about the swing vote, but the truth is that only at -- every supreme court justice has only one vote to cast. what makes a justice...
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in other parts of europe, it is over $.80 per kilowatt. we have cheaper energy, have cheaper cost of energy for manufacturing, and then the last thing, why i am very constructive on the united states and where we spend a great deal of time is our educational system, which unfortunately a lot of people malign that today. this will be discussed later, but we actually have more students overseas than any other country in our educational system. what you come here? it is not just the quality of education, but the type of education. some of the disadvantages of education globally, so many people are taught rote or talk facts. this may work very well or testing scores, and i'm not trying to diminish that at all. but i do believe that the advantage of the american style of learning, which should get more credit, is the ability to be thoughtful and critical thinking. as an employer who hired 1100 employees this year, i will tell you over 80% of our employees come from u.s. universities. we will continue to have that position. as an employer who ha
in other parts of europe, it is over $.80 per kilowatt. we have cheaper energy, have cheaper cost of energy for manufacturing, and then the last thing, why i am very constructive on the united states and where we spend a great deal of time is our educational system, which unfortunately a lot of people malign that today. this will be discussed later, but we actually have more students overseas than any other country in our educational system. what you come here? it is not just the quality of...
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and europe and likewise. so it would just make things easier. >> it is important to remember that there is a lot of change that has to come to the u.s. and some of these deals. i would go to agriculture as one that has frankly been a stumbling block for many, many years to get some of these done. as a result, the has to be managed as well. it is a very difficult set of negotiations when you're going after the backbone that has made our country what it is. >> i'm afraid that is the same in europe. >> it is, and japan as well, for that matter. >> ambassador, tell us the pathway from here. what does this next time look like as you and your staff at ustr try to come to a deal? >> as this discussion demonstrates, the challenge before us is that, even within the u.s., we oftentimes have stakeholders with diametrically opposed interests. our job is to figure out what the best approach is and support the greatest numbers of jobs, the most growth, the most benefit for the u.s. economy. with a balancing, even among dom
and europe and likewise. so it would just make things easier. >> it is important to remember that there is a lot of change that has to come to the u.s. and some of these deals. i would go to agriculture as one that has frankly been a stumbling block for many, many years to get some of these done. as a result, the has to be managed as well. it is a very difficult set of negotiations when you're going after the backbone that has made our country what it is. >> i'm afraid that is the...
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he talks about the second world war, where the joint chiefs wanted to launch the invasion of europe much earlier. fdr said no. that we are going to work her -- worked our way up to that. that was the right call in the end. it probably would have been a disaster had we tried to invade france in 1943. the military has an important perspective. they know about those who served with them but they do not have the only perspective and don't always have a monopoly on good strategic sense. host: michael noonan is with the foreign policy research institute. explain what the institute is. guest: a nonprofit independent think tank. it was started in 1955 at the university of pennsylvania that we split off in 1970 as part of the vietnam war. we did research education on foreign and defense policy issues. we do not conduct any classified research. we are an open source research institute. host: if you want to learn more about the foreign policy research institute, fpri.org and you can follow it on twitter. on the subject of the "serving or servicing the civil-military divide, edwin writes in on twitt
he talks about the second world war, where the joint chiefs wanted to launch the invasion of europe much earlier. fdr said no. that we are going to work her -- worked our way up to that. that was the right call in the end. it probably would have been a disaster had we tried to invade france in 1943. the military has an important perspective. they know about those who served with them but they do not have the only perspective and don't always have a monopoly on good strategic sense. host:...
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. >> with the war in europe turning hot, the u.s. was totally unprepared and chief of staff of the army came to president roosevelt and said we cannot do things we have done in the past. we have to act now, we have to act decisively, and we have to do it today. roosevelt went to congress the next week and said the u.s. must built that must build 50,000 airplanes to protect itself and all of the auto companies were given projects to build engines and airplane parts and the ford motor company was given the be 20 bomber, which was a problematic airplane. it was still in development stages. they wanted to mass produce this airplane. ford said i am not just going to build parts, i will build complete airplanes. they took what had been done as individual pieces and took the engineering drawing and assigned it to hold within to thousands of us -- of an inch. these pages would go on to the assembly line and this for the unskilled assembly workers. 35% of the bombers built in the united states were delivered and that was one of 11 factories b
. >> with the war in europe turning hot, the u.s. was totally unprepared and chief of staff of the army came to president roosevelt and said we cannot do things we have done in the past. we have to act now, we have to act decisively, and we have to do it today. roosevelt went to congress the next week and said the u.s. must built that must build 50,000 airplanes to protect itself and all of the auto companies were given projects to build engines and airplane parts and the ford motor...
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the biggest in europe. in high-speed, two. the first new train line running north out of london for how many years? 120. so yes, there may be some people who want to stop these changes or at least argue for them to happen somewhere else, perhaps away from their backyard. the meter you this. we have a plan for the long-term and we will stick to the task. finally come everyone knows that we need a bigger and more prosperous private sector. to generate wealth and toupees the public -- and to pave the public services and we need. we need to reward and celebrate enterprise. that would require a fundamental change of culture in our country. one that rewards people who make things, sell things and create jobs for others up and down the country. that is what this country is on a mission to bring about. we want to make britain the best place in europe to start to finance and to grow the business. we are cutting corporation tax by 20%, the lowest in the g 20. we are savings business by slashing red tape and we are backing the industries
the biggest in europe. in high-speed, two. the first new train line running north out of london for how many years? 120. so yes, there may be some people who want to stop these changes or at least argue for them to happen somewhere else, perhaps away from their backyard. the meter you this. we have a plan for the long-term and we will stick to the task. finally come everyone knows that we need a bigger and more prosperous private sector. to generate wealth and toupees the public -- and to pave...
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. >> with the war in europe turning hot, the u.s. is totally unprepared and george marshall came to president roosevelt and said that we cannot do the things that we have got in the past and we have to act now and precisely. we have to do it today. roosevelt went to congress the next week and said that the united states must build 50,000 airplanes to protect itself. all of the companies were given projects to build engines and airplane parts. the ford motor company was given the be-24 bomber will stop is the newest airplane that we had. produce thisto mass- airplane. he said that he is not just going to build parts, he is going to build airplanes. they took what had been done as individual pieces and they decided to hold the 210 thousandths of an inch and a massive press would knock out these pieces that went to the assembly line and unskilled assembly workers would assemble this airplane. the engine bombers were one of 11 factories. >> saving in the piece of this plant is so important to our beyond words.s i cannot describe the feel
. >> with the war in europe turning hot, the u.s. is totally unprepared and george marshall came to president roosevelt and said that we cannot do the things that we have got in the past and we have to act now and precisely. we have to do it today. roosevelt went to congress the next week and said that the united states must build 50,000 airplanes to protect itself. all of the companies were given projects to build engines and airplane parts. the ford motor company was given the be-24...
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now after all of the time and the sacrifice and the efforts on the part of the united states and the europes. let those sanction work and the way they are going to work is make it worse right now which i'm of the mind we should but just leave them in place until the iranians come over to our way of thinking and actually agree to end their nuclear ambitions. and i find it extraordinary in this day in age that he is considered a moderate when he has been the advisor and the right-hand man of the supreme leader. and in addition to that when asked ma jid was a total lunatic and was acquiring nuclear capability to do that or so he said and was a hol cost denier. now have you rouhani when asked the question did the holocaust acur said i'm not a historian. that to me is not being a moderate. >> the question. >> the question is -- >> why would you possibly think that lifting the sanctions now would be a help with iranians given their history? >> i didn't say we should lift the sanctions now. i was quoting wendy sherman who said they shouldn't be increased. >> what do you think? >> i don't think we s
now after all of the time and the sacrifice and the efforts on the part of the united states and the europes. let those sanction work and the way they are going to work is make it worse right now which i'm of the mind we should but just leave them in place until the iranians come over to our way of thinking and actually agree to end their nuclear ambitions. and i find it extraordinary in this day in age that he is considered a moderate when he has been the advisor and the right-hand man of the...
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i want to take this time to talk about some european issues, especially in eastern europe. first i want to talk about the country of belarus. three years after the brutal and bloody crackdown on peaceful demonstrators after the december, 2010 presidential election, nine political prisoners remain behind bars under deplorable conditions in belarus. this plus nichlas who ran against luke can shengo -- lukeaning shenko -- lukashenko in 1920. and nick lay who sliced his stomach to protest the poor treatment by prison guards. while the regime recently it ased three activists continues to restrict their freedom of movement and activity. the general human rights situation in belarus also continues to deteriorate. recent laws passed to regulate demonstrations and political information have greatly curtailed freedom of assembly and independent journalists and political activists are under constant threat of intimidation and arbitrary detention. in october, the regime made amendments to the electoral code designed to undermine the ability of opposition candidates to receive funding a
i want to take this time to talk about some european issues, especially in eastern europe. first i want to talk about the country of belarus. three years after the brutal and bloody crackdown on peaceful demonstrators after the december, 2010 presidential election, nine political prisoners remain behind bars under deplorable conditions in belarus. this plus nichlas who ran against luke can shengo -- lukeaning shenko -- lukashenko in 1920. and nick lay who sliced his stomach to protest the poor...
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as a member of the revered 442nd regimental combat team, daniel inouye helped free europe from the grasp of tyranny during world war ii for which he received the medal of honor. representing the people of hawaii from the moment the islands joined the union, he never lost sight of the ideals that bind us across the 50 states. senator inouye's reason and resolve helped make our country what it is today, and for that we honor him. dr. daniel conaman. daniel conaman's groundbreaking work earned him a nobel prize in economics after escaping from occupied france as a young boy and later joining the israel forces he grew interested in understanding the origin of people's beliefs, combining psychology and economic analysis and working alongside dr. amos versky. he used simple experiments to demonstrate how people make decisions under uncertain circumstances and he forever changed the way we view human judgment. the honorable richard g. lugar. representing the state of indiana for over three decades in the united states senate, richard g. lugar put country above party and self to forge bipartisan
as a member of the revered 442nd regimental combat team, daniel inouye helped free europe from the grasp of tyranny during world war ii for which he received the medal of honor. representing the people of hawaii from the moment the islands joined the union, he never lost sight of the ideals that bind us across the 50 states. senator inouye's reason and resolve helped make our country what it is today, and for that we honor him. dr. daniel conaman. daniel conaman's groundbreaking work earned him...
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we could not stop them from marching into europe. the airtion at rand and force was a disarming first strike. you had to keep the ability to destroy soviet forces, and you do that by concentrating your fire on those forces, with accuracy. a disarming first strike against their forces but leave their cities unharmed. that was called counterforce. by hitting the forces, you limit the damage they can do against your attacks. by leaving their cities unharmed, you make them into hostages and encourage restraint amidst more, either halting their attack or sparing u.s. cities. to the air force, this doctrine has the effect of carving out a niche. could targetm's most soviet missile silos. and bombers, they said, would carry the warheads powerful and accurate enough to hit hard silos or deeply buried targets. were essentially invulnerable to attack but an accurate, they were thought to be perfect for holding in .eserves those soviet cities so you have this division of labor that redefines the status quo. administration, upon taking office, e
we could not stop them from marching into europe. the airtion at rand and force was a disarming first strike. you had to keep the ability to destroy soviet forces, and you do that by concentrating your fire on those forces, with accuracy. a disarming first strike against their forces but leave their cities unharmed. that was called counterforce. by hitting the forces, you limit the damage they can do against your attacks. by leaving their cities unharmed, you make them into hostages and...
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an antigen dinner in new york at a time when the jews were generally not welcome in large parts of europe. that has been part of our heritage. we have families dissented from that. they were really second class is a sentence. they were treated better in the hungarian and german empires in the early 20th century. they came over in large numbers. very few of them ever returned. italians returned to the home country as many latin americans have been doing in recent years. the eastern european jews did not go back. they did not want to go back. you had the holocaust during world war ii. it destroys communities and killed 6 million people, the nazis did. they move up very rapidly. it is a fascinating story. they are people with high skills, high academic aptitudes. they become people in the culture in show business and the movies, the great universal culture of the 1940s. a lot the studio executives responsible for making movies spoke with eastern european accents. they figured out how to present a quintessentially american culture that would appeal to just about anybody. that is one of the di
an antigen dinner in new york at a time when the jews were generally not welcome in large parts of europe. that has been part of our heritage. we have families dissented from that. they were really second class is a sentence. they were treated better in the hungarian and german empires in the early 20th century. they came over in large numbers. very few of them ever returned. italians returned to the home country as many latin americans have been doing in recent years. the eastern european jews...
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especially in europe and the middle east, people tended to glamorize terrorists. the media sometimes plays a role. sometimes inadvertently or by carrying or reporting some of the claims without the counterbalance. when there is an incident, it is difficult. reports come out.sometimes reporters are reporting what they hear from police officials or local officials who only have part of the story. that is why there is often some us confuse him -- that is why there is often so much confusion. another aspect that we dealt with at the state department. the attacks in london, the libyan or iranian embassy. the press was showing where scotland yard people were stationed. there have been issues and trying to restrain the press from putting information or reporting things that might be useful to a terrorist. this happened in mumbai, too. they were picking up radio reports and newer security forces were. there is an issue of restraining press. it is more difficult in this country than the u.k. you have some great local -- you reportersny local tv who do not have good relatio
especially in europe and the middle east, people tended to glamorize terrorists. the media sometimes plays a role. sometimes inadvertently or by carrying or reporting some of the claims without the counterbalance. when there is an incident, it is difficult. reports come out.sometimes reporters are reporting what they hear from police officials or local officials who only have part of the story. that is why there is often some us confuse him -- that is why there is often so much confusion....
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the media that brazil is looking to localize clouds and launch it stationary satellite to africa into europe and the indian government is contemplating the elimination of gmail and yahoo! mail accounts for government employees. germany is looking to localize lodging e-mail made in germany, which is safe from the nsa. fragmentationthis of the internet environment which is not good for anyone. in the short term, there will be business opportunities. but in -- >> the internet is bad conductivity and we are reacting by disconnecting. >> we are vulcanizing. that is not solving the problem. that is grading challenges to scale, to interoperability, creates a challenges to the free and open spread of information. we need to balance that an economic benefit associated with that with the need for real and pragmatic approaches to better securing networks. >> hill, this takes us to a question we have received by e- wonderfully, anonymous. not the group, but somebody who doesn't want attribution to the question. asked why e-mail, do you think there is a need for a cyber weapons convention much like the n
the media that brazil is looking to localize clouds and launch it stationary satellite to africa into europe and the indian government is contemplating the elimination of gmail and yahoo! mail accounts for government employees. germany is looking to localize lodging e-mail made in germany, which is safe from the nsa. fragmentationthis of the internet environment which is not good for anyone. in the short term, there will be business opportunities. but in -- >> the internet is bad...
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i returned from europe. i took a passenger train from barcelona to madrid that got there in two and half hours. it is lights out compared to the united states. segueing back to amtrak, one problem in the northeast corridor, the acela, while significantly higher priced to the passenger really its time travel is not significantly better than the usual northeast direct service. i think between new york and boston, only a half an hour shorter. i am wondering if the issue is ownership of the road beds, owned by the private railways or communal lines? guest: northeast corridor, amtrak owns as custody and control the entire corridor. even though it is not the majority user. the majority user of the northeast corridor or are commuter railroads like new jersey transit, metro-north, mbta, marc, but amtrak does own and control the entire northeast corridor from washington, d.c., to boston. about 456 miles. elsewhere in the united states, amtrak has to operate as a guest over freight railroad owned track. host: the next
i returned from europe. i took a passenger train from barcelona to madrid that got there in two and half hours. it is lights out compared to the united states. segueing back to amtrak, one problem in the northeast corridor, the acela, while significantly higher priced to the passenger really its time travel is not significantly better than the usual northeast direct service. i think between new york and boston, only a half an hour shorter. i am wondering if the issue is ownership of the road...
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if bob is right, we have to worry about europe again. after hoping we solved that in a lasting fashion. essentially, we do not have the capacity. as we change the character of our economy at home and what we spend money on, our inability to mobilize -- our ability to mobilize will take longer. i wish you would look at the questions of american capacity, particularly military capacity and ask -- and answer the question -- what will the middle east look like without much american power there if the pivot does not materialize. it is not like we have a lot of ships in the indian ocean in the first place. >> i think we have 11 aircraft carriers and the chinese have one. >> not even one. it is a ukrainian piece of junk. >> 11 aircraft carriers takes a long time. what do you imagine war would look like? >> whatever the capacities allow. any student of military history would not rule out a particular kind of war. we have always thought that technology was going to change the character of war. it never does. think of the early rounds field rumsfe
if bob is right, we have to worry about europe again. after hoping we solved that in a lasting fashion. essentially, we do not have the capacity. as we change the character of our economy at home and what we spend money on, our inability to mobilize -- our ability to mobilize will take longer. i wish you would look at the questions of american capacity, particularly military capacity and ask -- and answer the question -- what will the middle east look like without much american power there if...
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several of those countries are in europe. they are now putting pressure on the united states. because of your congress, congress is playing politics. if it fails now, it will not be difficult. it is going to be easy for the iranians to shift the blame away from themselves onto the united states. at that point, the iranians can get far more sanctions released. 20% of the sanctions would drift away with one big difference. 20% of the sanctions would drift away without the iranians giving one concession. many of the sanctions would fall apart. that is the risk of overplaying our hand. when the iranians offered to stop the program at 3000 centrifuges and today they have 19,000, the cost of us overplaying our hand in the past is that they now have 19,000. want to do that again? the leverage will be lost. >> do you want to jump in on this? >> i find many of these critiques, not yours, of course, barbara. i find many of these critiques about as predictable as a clarence thomas supreme court decision. you and i could write these things. the assumption behind them -- you cannot trust t
several of those countries are in europe. they are now putting pressure on the united states. because of your congress, congress is playing politics. if it fails now, it will not be difficult. it is going to be easy for the iranians to shift the blame away from themselves onto the united states. at that point, the iranians can get far more sanctions released. 20% of the sanctions would drift away with one big difference. 20% of the sanctions would drift away without the iranians giving one...
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some of your colleagues retreat to teaching excursions in europe and so forth. you have a very different style. >> i go to europe sometimes, only to come back. [laughter] be characterized as a europhile. i like the united states. [applause] against the other countries, but i love the united states. i love this place. i cannot get back quick enough. i am not really anxious to leave. and about the cloistered life, i like the cloistered life. i was in the seminary, you know? . enjoy going in one of my colleagues called me brother clarence. i love that. i love my law clerks. i love the work that i get to do. it is just wonderful. think about it. every day, i go in and have this wonderful opportunity to do this job. i cannot say that is the way i felt at the beginning, but that is the way i am now. i feel blessed every day to have the chance, one more day, to go in and be a part of it. i do not care how hard it is. this is not nearly as hard as being in the field. this is not nearly as hard as thinking beings or stripping fodder or powers. you walk behind a horse in
some of your colleagues retreat to teaching excursions in europe and so forth. you have a very different style. >> i go to europe sometimes, only to come back. [laughter] be characterized as a europhile. i like the united states. [applause] against the other countries, but i love the united states. i love this place. i cannot get back quick enough. i am not really anxious to leave. and about the cloistered life, i like the cloistered life. i was in the seminary, you know? . enjoy going in...
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i hope the people in europe will hear this. people who are members of the eu nations are concerned. go to their privacy considerations as well. we are looking at this in a very holistic way. you -- can you help the american citizens understand why a healthcare fraud case can take so many years? the complaint was back in 2002. can you help the average person understand why it takes so long to get here? >> my own experience has been that these are complex investigations that require huge amounts of research, lots of documents that have to be reviewed and great numbers of people who have to be interviewed. it frequently cross jurisdictions. you want to make sure that you investigate these things as early as you can to make sure youcan understand in its totali, the harms or potential harms that have occurred or hold accountable corporations or the institutions and all of the individuals you possibly can. unless they go to jail, will this just be considered a cost of doing business for big corporations? >> given the magnitude of the settlements that we extracted and also the ongoing natu
i hope the people in europe will hear this. people who are members of the eu nations are concerned. go to their privacy considerations as well. we are looking at this in a very holistic way. you -- can you help the american citizens understand why a healthcare fraud case can take so many years? the complaint was back in 2002. can you help the average person understand why it takes so long to get here? >> my own experience has been that these are complex investigations that require huge...
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the world's 7 billion people today are under 25 and 90% of them live outside the united states and europe. regionsarly turbulent emma like the middle east and sub-saharan africa will continue to experience these challenges as their populations increase and reach far ahead of the educational and employment opportunities that must match them. they will present more uncertainty and risk to global peace, prosperity and stability as we confront an array of new 21st-century challenges. the challenge of terrorism has evolved as it has metastasized since nine/11. this will continue to demand unprecedented collaboration with partners and allies on counterterrorism efforts. many share a common threat regardless of state differences or political ideologies. destructive technologies and weapons that were once the province of advanced militaries are being sought by nonstate actors and other nations. this will require our continued spacement in cutting edge and cyber technologies and capabilities like missile defense as well as offense of technologies and capabilities to deter aggressors and respond if
the world's 7 billion people today are under 25 and 90% of them live outside the united states and europe. regionsarly turbulent emma like the middle east and sub-saharan africa will continue to experience these challenges as their populations increase and reach far ahead of the educational and employment opportunities that must match them. they will present more uncertainty and risk to global peace, prosperity and stability as we confront an array of new 21st-century challenges. the challenge...
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f and, of course, i think in the europe, there's solvency, there's liquidity. a lot of liquidity, but there's and some places and looking at debt writedowns would of sense.a lot let me just move on to sort of postcrisis. just a huge issue. i think at the end of the day, a world where we have less plain vanilla debt is what you want to do. debt crises.u get so a series of papers in a book banks ought to have to raise more of their equity.ith it's called capital. they mean how you find the banks. i think the spirit of that makes a lot of sense. bilo rmer co-author jeremy who is also a student of stan's nd paul clamper have a -- another version of this where they describe it as banks rinting their own money which you basically get paid in equity when things go sour. very good these are ideas. having richer f forms of debt, bob schiller has newer angelistic about forms of debt linkled to gdp. advertisement t that argentina was the first to try it. but i think it is a good idea a link to housing prices, link to commodities. and these involve legal changes. they invo
f and, of course, i think in the europe, there's solvency, there's liquidity. a lot of liquidity, but there's and some places and looking at debt writedowns would of sense.a lot let me just move on to sort of postcrisis. just a huge issue. i think at the end of the day, a world where we have less plain vanilla debt is what you want to do. debt crises.u get so a series of papers in a book banks ought to have to raise more of their equity.ith it's called capital. they mean how you find the banks....
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europe is investing a lot in infrastructure. brazil is investing a lot in infrastructure. what are we doing? we are doing some good things locally here. tryingdium the city are to do some work but nationally we are falling behind. .e rely on old stuff i don't think we should have this old stuff. we should have new stuff. we should keep pace with global competition. that is one of the fastest ways to create good jobs. a few years from now, we will have new supertankers that will start coming to the panama canal. they will go unload cargo somewhere else. there is work we can do in terms of dredging and making it deeper which means the supertankers can have more stuff on them which means they can load and unload more stuff which makes this port more competitive. why would we not put people to work upgrading them? why would we not? one and nine is structurally deficient. our highways are congested. so is our airspace. everyone sitting on a tarmac wondering why it is they are not taking off and getting aggravated when you fly someplace, we have this antiquated air traffic contr
europe is investing a lot in infrastructure. brazil is investing a lot in infrastructure. what are we doing? we are doing some good things locally here. tryingdium the city are to do some work but nationally we are falling behind. .e rely on old stuff i don't think we should have this old stuff. we should have new stuff. we should keep pace with global competition. that is one of the fastest ways to create good jobs. a few years from now, we will have new supertankers that will start coming to...
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. >> do think that europe will be a banking unit? >> yes, but it is going to take a bit longer, maybe quite a bit longer than the present schedule. >> ok. i had a question in regards to student loan debts and this being a potential cause of the next crisis because i recently had a conversation with one of the major banking associations departments and it appears that the massive amount of's student loan debt out there and the lack of good paying jobs. larry, student >> s? >> you raise the student debt issue and you raise the job that, let mehink just start by saying that larry, you talked about the employment , i think thetio unemployment rate, but he understates the degree of the slack in labor market. i think the employment population ratio overstates it somewhat because there are important downward trends in . with that being said i think there is a lot of slack in the labor market and a lot of students living with her parents. that is why the federal reserve is taking strong actions to try to support job creation. that is a very
. >> do think that europe will be a banking unit? >> yes, but it is going to take a bit longer, maybe quite a bit longer than the present schedule. >> ok. i had a question in regards to student loan debts and this being a potential cause of the next crisis because i recently had a conversation with one of the major banking associations departments and it appears that the massive amount of's student loan debt out there and the lack of good paying jobs. larry, student >>...
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course a funeral march were the reigning monarchs of europe, theodore roosevelt presents -- somewhat uniquely so because he was an elected chief of state. today of course much of that has changed. the reigning monarchs present here are few. the elected heads of states are in the majority. in the first two cars are the children of attorney general and brother-in- law sargent shriver. mrs. johnson, the president. thisecret service along long route. [bagpipes playing] >> that is st. matthew's cathedral. mr. kennedy and mrs. kennedy have worshiped here often in the past. it is the closest catholic church to the white house. admission to the funeral service is by ticket only because there are only 1100 seats and side, clearly not enough for all the visitors, family, friends, and others who would like to come. come who would like to would issue invitations and send out a card to those invited. hanging over the entrance to the church. displayed on the death posts. cathedral is something of a landmark in washington, even though it is now somewhat physically overshadowed. and johnennedy kenne
course a funeral march were the reigning monarchs of europe, theodore roosevelt presents -- somewhat uniquely so because he was an elected chief of state. today of course much of that has changed. the reigning monarchs present here are few. the elected heads of states are in the majority. in the first two cars are the children of attorney general and brother-in- law sargent shriver. mrs. johnson, the president. thisecret service along long route. [bagpipes playing] >> that is st....
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first.s roosevelt he comes my wealthy background and travels all over europe. his father tells him, it is time for you to get a job. he comes home and get a job on "the new york evening post." roosevelt becomes police commissioner, he seeks him out. the reporters were like his intelligence network. they become friends. it is lincoln steffens and jacob rees wrote about poverty. they convinced him to take nightly rambles between 12:00 and 4:00 a.m. to see if the police are doing their job. a floppysed himself in hat and coat. if the police were not doing their job, he would call them to the office the next day. later, cartoons appeared. big spectacles and teeth eating more frightening to believe in anything else. eventually, he gets called to mcclure's. at first, he is reluctant because he loves being the big guy in new york. he eventually joined him. he said it was like getting out of bed and diving into a lake. it was so electrifying. originally, he is a manager at mcclure's. mcclure says, get into the cities. find out the corruption. this is the time of tamman
first.s roosevelt he comes my wealthy background and travels all over europe. his father tells him, it is time for you to get a job. he comes home and get a job on "the new york evening post." roosevelt becomes police commissioner, he seeks him out. the reporters were like his intelligence network. they become friends. it is lincoln steffens and jacob rees wrote about poverty. they convinced him to take nightly rambles between 12:00 and 4:00 a.m. to see if the police are doing their...
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when i was covering big events in the middle east and europe and latin america, i was always frustrated at writing only about what happened today. what i was really interested in is, what happened yesterday? how did we get here? why is this happening? when i get to countries like guatemala, iran, i always ask myself, why is this country like this? why is the country poor and miserable? why is a country rich and powerful? over and over, i was able to trace the answers in countries that have fallen into chaos but the congo and iran back to the dulles brothers. i am following history back and trying to find out why the world today is the way it is. a lot of the answers to that question have to do with the dulles brothers. >> how many different places did you live? >> i had three foreign assignments. my first was in central america. i cover the wars of el salvador and guatemala and nicaragua. after nicaragua, i was sent to berlin. the wall was falling. european unification was starting. the wars in yugoslavia also became a part of my job. then, i became the first bureau chief in istanbul wh
when i was covering big events in the middle east and europe and latin america, i was always frustrated at writing only about what happened today. what i was really interested in is, what happened yesterday? how did we get here? why is this happening? when i get to countries like guatemala, iran, i always ask myself, why is this country like this? why is the country poor and miserable? why is a country rich and powerful? over and over, i was able to trace the answers in countries that have...
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i do not think it is particularly about europe. any possible impact with the relationship, and that the u.k. should have taken part , whether thection u.k. goes along with america or some other factor involved? >> i do not think it was the i am not sure there was a completely single model. i think in both the case of libya and serious, the truth was that the british prime minister and the french government, and maybe a few others around europe, were actually more in favor of action and a military element than the united states was. i do not think we would have had the nato action without the president there, and our prime minister consistently argued for a more active western european and transatlantic posture, so i do not think it was that. of the use ofmple chemical weapons in syria, and it was the american president turning around and trying to persuade prime minister cameron. i think david cameron already saw the need for action. i think the reality is that in both countries, public opinion was extremely cautious, and the major
i do not think it is particularly about europe. any possible impact with the relationship, and that the u.k. should have taken part , whether thection u.k. goes along with america or some other factor involved? >> i do not think it was the i am not sure there was a completely single model. i think in both the case of libya and serious, the truth was that the british prime minister and the french government, and maybe a few others around europe, were actually more in favor of action and a...
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canada and europe already do this. they have the value added tax. the price on a can of soda as very small. price elasticity is how much of a change in consumption you will see with the one percent change in price. it does not change much. a 10% prcie increase only increases consumption by 2%. that is what we talk about -- a penny an ounce. existing taxes on soda so far have not resulted in soda consumption. this fits this. for taxes, are they programs or to reduce consumption? if they are for programs and not consumption, do you know what will happen? soa companies will say -- soda companies will say, it did not work. worse yet, some on scoop u.s. politician will take the money and use it for general funds or personal funds and that is what everybody is worried about because that is what we have seen already with tobacco. large taxes are necessary to reduce consumption. the rand corporation says we effectuate ax to change in consumption. we need to double the price of a can of soda. do you think anybody is ready for that? or should we tax the sugar
canada and europe already do this. they have the value added tax. the price on a can of soda as very small. price elasticity is how much of a change in consumption you will see with the one percent change in price. it does not change much. a 10% prcie increase only increases consumption by 2%. that is what we talk about -- a penny an ounce. existing taxes on soda so far have not resulted in soda consumption. this fits this. for taxes, are they programs or to reduce consumption? if they are for...
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. >> with the war in europe turning hot, when the blitzkrieg took place in the low countries, the u.s. was totally unprepared. and george marshall, chief of staff of the army, came to president roosevelt and said, we can't do things we've done in the past. we have to act now, we have to act decisively and you have to do it today. so roosevelt went to congress the next week and said the u.s. must build 50,000 airplanes to protect itself. and all the auto companies were given projects to build engines and airplane parts. ford motor company was given the b-24 bomber which was a problematic airplane. it was the newest airplane we had. it was still in development stages and they wanted to mass produce this airplane. so ford said i'm not just going to build parts. i'll build complete airplanes. they took what had been done as individual pieces, and they took the engine drawn and they 2/10,000th of an inch. it would go on the assembly line and unskilled assembly workers could assemble these airplanes. and between january and june of 1944, 35% of the four engine bombers built in the united st
. >> with the war in europe turning hot, when the blitzkrieg took place in the low countries, the u.s. was totally unprepared. and george marshall, chief of staff of the army, came to president roosevelt and said, we can't do things we've done in the past. we have to act now, we have to act decisively and you have to do it today. so roosevelt went to congress the next week and said the u.s. must build 50,000 airplanes to protect itself. and all the auto companies were given projects to...
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it is our job in europe to stop them. regarding german complicity, now, germany acts as a headquarters for secret u.s. wars in africa, and germany is a european hub for cia operations and the training ground for the expanded u.s. drone attacks worldwide. agreements going back to the cold war period have given the u.s. intelligence services and military a free reign in germany , but a series of investigative articles that began appearing at the end of last may in germany has revealed that he the u.s. is using germany as a key base are targeted killings. [indiscernible] ok, that is germany, that is all you see that a lot of the u.s. occupation is clustered in germany still, and these are from a new website investigating all this in germany that is done and e -- a major newspaper the ndr tv. this weekend.ive i want you to see that germany is still where the most u.s. bases are in europe by far. 43 thousandis some american soldiers in germany operating a total of 40 with terry basis, one of which -- operating a total of 40 mi
it is our job in europe to stop them. regarding german complicity, now, germany acts as a headquarters for secret u.s. wars in africa, and germany is a european hub for cia operations and the training ground for the expanded u.s. drone attacks worldwide. agreements going back to the cold war period have given the u.s. intelligence services and military a free reign in germany , but a series of investigative articles that began appearing at the end of last may in germany has revealed that he the...
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parts of europe it is over it $.80 per kilowatt. here we are. we have cheaper energy. we have the cheaper cost of energy for manufacturing. the other thing where we spent a great deal of time is our educational system urge -- system. have more students country than any other in our educational system. why do they come here, it is not just the quality of education, but the type of education. i think some of the disadvantages of education globally, so many people are taught facts. this might work very well for i am notcores -- and trying to diminish that at all. i do believe the american style of learning should get more credit in the ability to be thoughtful and critical thinking. as an employer who this year we hired 1100 employees and the year before we hired 1100 overyees, i would tell you 80% of the employees come from u.s. universities. we will continue to have that. as an employer and some of you has offices and 38 countries, the bulk of our employees comes from the united states and we are looking for people who know how to th
parts of europe it is over it $.80 per kilowatt. here we are. we have cheaper energy. we have the cheaper cost of energy for manufacturing. the other thing where we spent a great deal of time is our educational system urge -- system. have more students country than any other in our educational system. why do they come here, it is not just the quality of education, but the type of education. i think some of the disadvantages of education globally, so many people are taught facts. this might work...